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21 Jan 2009
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First Look: January 21, 2009

and Tsinghua's School of Economics and Management over the past three years in developing its "Senior Executive Program for China." On the Goals of Successful Family Companies Authors:John A. Davis and Renato Tagiuri Publication:Chap. 17 in Family Business.... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

April 1983 (Revised June 1993)
Case

Trade In Services and American Express

By: Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. and David B. Yoffie

Keywords: Financial Services Industry

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March 1979
Supplement

Allied Chemical Corp. (C)

By: George C. Lodge and Joseph L. Badaracco Jr.

Supplements the (B) case. View Details

Keywords: Chemical Industry

November 1984 (Revised March 1989)
Background Note

Leadership: The Problem of Intervention

By: Richard R. Ellsworth and Joseph L. Badaracco Jr.

Keywords: Leadership; Problems and Challenges

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August 1984 (Revised March 1989)
Background Note

Direct, Personal Leadership

By: Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. and Richard R. Ellsworth

Argues that to be effective leaders, general managers must focus on substance, not process, and aggressively combat the forces that can lead to the politicization of the organization. Examines the leader's direct role in setting and communicating goals, managing the... View Details

Keywords: Leadership Style; Management Practices and Processes

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02 Mar 2010
First Look

First Look: March 2

of morality, ethics, and legality. Download the paper: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1552009 Deep Dive: What Leaders Do When Only They Can Drive Authors:Howard H. Yu and Joseph L. Bower... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

17 Apr 2012
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First Look: April 17

Participants assigned to recall a purchase made for someone else reported feeling significantly happier immediately after this recollection; most importantly, the happier participants felt, the more likely they were to choose to spend a windfall on someone else in the... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

June 2025
Teaching Note

Market Dynamics and Moral Dilemmas: Novo Nordisk's Weight Loss Drugs

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 324-114. View Details

June 2021 (Revised June 2024)
Teaching Plan

PepsiCo, Profits, and Food: The Belt Tightens

Teaching Plan for HBS Case No. 314-055. View Details

July 1991 (Revised June 1993)
Background Note

Conflicting Responsibilities

Presents a framework for resolving issues in which managers' responsibilities--to shareholders, employees, other stakeholder groups, and to their own values and commitments in life--conflict with each other. The framework analyzes these issues in terms of duties,... View Details

Keywords: Ethics; Employees; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Structure; Personal Development and Career; Business and Shareholder Relations; Business and Stakeholder Relations

Educators

18 Feb 2015
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First Look: February 18

While many texts teach the theories and frameworks of management education, Managerial Accounting goes further by covering the capabilities and techniques necessary for effective management practice, as well as fostering attitudes that... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

December 2024
Article

Managerial Pluralism: Thirty Years of Teaching Business Ethics

The author reflects on 30 years of teaching business ethics at Harvard Business School. The paper presents tactical lessons for teaching courses in professional ethics and introduces “managerial pluralism.” This concept is akin to Isaiah Berlin’s value pluralism and... View Details

Keywords: Business Education; Ethics; Judgments

2020
Book

Step Back: How to Bring the Art of Reflection into Your Busy Life

July 1991 (Revised March 1992)
Background Note

Integrity and Management

Describes the role that issues of personal integrity play in managers' decisions. Defines personal integrity, the factors that influence it, the situations in which it becomes particularly relevant to company decisions, and ways of overcoming the blind spots that can... View Details

Keywords: Decisions; Moral Sensibility; Planning; Situation or Environment; Trust; Value

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